Is the Financial Times left or right?
Centre-ground. We place the Financial Times at +1 on a scale from −10 (left) to +10 (right).
What it actually covers
The share of the Financial Times’s politics stories touching each subject, divided by the share across every masthead we read. 2.0× means twice the attention the press as a whole gave it.
Measured across 360 stories over 30 days, 2026-08-29 to 2026-10-02.
Covered more than the press average
- Tax & the economy1.7×
77 stories · 21% of its output, against 13% across the press
- Housing1.2×
9 stories · 3% of its output, against 2% across the press
Covered less than the press average
- Europe & the ECHR0.3×
4 stories · 1% of its output, against 3% across the press
- Immigration & asylum0.3×
9 stories · 3% of its output, against 7% across the press
- Russia0.4×
3 stories · 1% of its output, against 2% across the press
- Zack Polanski0.4×
5 stories · 1% of its output, against 3% across the press
What the Financial Times is running now
Financial TimesBurnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir- Financial TimesBritish-Iranian man arrested under terror laws over RAF Fairford incident
- Financial TimesBurnham criticised over support for Manchester City owners
- Financial TimesEx-HSBC banker banned for dodging £5,900 in train fares
- Financial TimesTrain driver accelerated through red signal before fatal crash
- Financial TimesBT seeks government nod for potential TalkTalk takeover
- Financial TimesWhat’s next for the global economy? You asked, we answered
- Financial TimesThe best exhibitions to see in London this weekend
- Financial TimesBurnham’s wake-up call for the right
- Financial TimesWe have forgotten what budgets are for
Every masthead we read
One email each morning
See the split every morning
The day's stories as the left and the right each told them, in one email before breakfast.
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